Imagine a life in a beautiful semi-arid wilderness. Imagine no internet, no telephone, and only dirt tracks for miles to the closest souls.

Imagine a trip to the grocery store or the post office being a full day’s project.

Imagine an existence that demanded your attention to land and field and livestock every day.

Looking though the kitchen window of the old Paney homestead I feel the tension of experiencing this beautiful land from easy and privileged lives juxtaposed with how hard they must have worked for theirs.

Old Paney Homestead, Gawler Ranges, South Australia